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Seasonal flu, a frequent fall and winter visitor, didn’t make much of an appearance last year with people isolating and defending themselves from germs by wearing masks and maintaining social distance. Texas physicians say we may not be so lucky this year and, with upcoming holiday gatherings, urge everyone to get their annual influenza, or flu, shot.

Limestone Medical Center has received the Critical Access Hospital Texas Gold Standard Performer recognition from CliftonLarsonAllen, LLP. CliftonLarsonAllen is a professional services network and the eighth largest accountancy firm in the United States. Gold Standard performance criteria were created by CLA as a way to identify, measure and learn from the top performers. The firm examines publicly available data on more than 1,200 CAHs which includes financial, quality, patient satisfaction, total cost of care and county health results from 2015 through 2019. Top CAHs are identified as Gold Standard performers based on their ability to achieve significantly above average performance on all key areas of focus over a sustained period of time which demonstrates success not just day-today but over the long term.